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This delightful evocation of simpler times and the tools that built America has always held a special place in the hearts of lovers of Americana and Yankee ingenuity. This engaging, informative book features 184 of the author's inimitable drawings.
Table of Contents for A Museum of Early American Tools
Author's Note
The Romance of Tools
Crude Shops, Magnificent Results
An Ax Is an Axe!
A World of Axes
The Broad Axe
How the Broad Axe Was Used
A Giant and a Midget
The Hatchet
Hammers
The Axe and the Log House
The Adze
Canoes and Bowls
Wedges and Froes
The Fine Art of Splitting
Tools with Legs
The American Horse
For Making "Snitzels"
Little Shavers and Big
The Days of River Rafting
Tools of the River Lumberman
Of Cider and Apple Butter
To Remove Bark
Two Heads Are Better Than One
The Chisel
Chisels and Gouges
Planes
The Moulding Plane
The Rabbet
The Plow
Early American Saws
A Gallery of Frame Saws
The Biggest Saws
To Make a Hole
To Make a Hole Bigger
To Make a Bigger Hole
The Brace or Bitstock
The Things You'll Find in a Barn!
Some Were Special
These Were Tools Too!
Jacks
The Blacksmith
Wrought Nailmaking
Tanners and Curriers
About Wheels
It's All in the Way You Hit It
Hay Implements
Knives and Grass
Found in the Barn
Index